This is so beautiful..God shines through your poetry xxx

Comment is about Perseverance (blog)

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Here you are, Jeff https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=68312

and thanks for your poem!

Comment is about Grenfell Falls Green (blog)

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Thanks Rose. Yep time marches on and my body reminds me that although I might still be nineteen it is not.
Darn!

Comment is about The long Silence (blog)

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Thanks for the like and for your reflections, KJ. As Larkin observed these thoughts are available at "every instant of our lives!" 😏 Liife gets in the way, sometimes.

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks for the fab comments Stephen and Holden. Truly appreciated!
St Leonard's is in Malton, North Yorkshire, Greg.
As a youth I attended Mass there. Another poem?! Each street, I noticed, had a view of the church, especially Wentworth Street. This is a view from Wheelgate haha 😁

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

The end has a hilarious twist. Else it's a very romantic poem. 👍

Comment is about 'Nicey' (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Where is this church, John, may I ask?

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A genuinely moving poem, John. 'Each grain of sand is a friend unmade' - marvellous.

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

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I constantly think of what might have been had I played my cards differently.
The last sentence speaks volumes.

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

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Life is good leaving the doom and gloom far behind👍

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

Love the lay out it works so well with this poem Moonlight.

Comment is about Life part 1 (blog)

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This is genuinely powerful, John, you convey the pain of thinking about lives we never get to live, in a really moving way! 🌷

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Turned on
means job done Rose😍

Comment is about Torpedoes of Love Explode on Fake Island (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks, Holden. You are much appreciated. /Frederick.

Comment is about a poet's tears (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

The business of "costing" the Royal Family is a ceaseless merry-go-round. The Crown Estates represent the business
of commercial interests of property vested in Royal ownership.
As for the total per annum paid from the public purse towards
the upkeep of the institution itself, that is accommodated by
the vast income generated by their prestigious presence in
international relations and the tourism industry, in all their
many forms. Politicians decide how that money finds its way
back to benefit the public at large and it is certainly the case
that this is often far from satisfactory, depending on one's
point of view.

Comment is about Jubilee (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

You are very kind, Rose. I was revelling in self pity and got carried away!!! 😏

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

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Thanks for the likes

Comment is about Paddington And The Queen (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for liking my recent effort Holden! 😊

Comment is about Holden Moncrieff (poet profile)

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An excellent piece of urban history triple wrapped with all the goodness inside, a roller coaster ride Ralph!!

Ray

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford

According to the quality of this great poem, Martin, is,
that it goes to prove that you haven't lost any of your long held poetical skills, shame I can't say the same about our age's!

be nice to lose a few years or more eh what?


RC 💋

Comment is about The long Silence (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

A compelling trip half disbelief and half relief with a great flavour. A mini marvel Stephen !!

Ray

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Only to get more complex, cruel, and catastrophic, by the day.

Have we, without knowing, entered a time machine and been taken back to nineteen fourteen?

The thing we must not go on allowing is the possibility of our becoming nonchalantly hardened to the sufferings of others
as it seems we are doing and more so as these kind of terrible situations continue to mount in my opinion

God help us all.

Thank you Peter.

Comment is about JUST POSSIBLE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

No shortage of great lines in this beauty John

well done matey!



RC 💋

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

This is a very thorough and well thought out poem. Excellent Peter and good to see you posting again.

Comment is about JUST POSSIBLE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

COR! & PHEW! I'm getting 'ot under the collar
thanks to you!



RC 💋

Comment is about Torpedoes of Love Explode on Fake Island (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

An absolutely inspiring story, involving two great and remarkable people.

Comment is about Death of Paula Rego recalls moment when poetry and art met (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

thanks for the kind comments and 'likes' I appreciate it.

MC - just for the record - the monarchy get 'cash taken from the tax-payers pockets' I would just like it to be used in a way that benefits people who need it - as a tax payer I think I have an equal right to say where I think those millions should go.

Graham - I'm not sure what that has to do with it - France did away with their monarchy and they're doing OK - or maybe you were just making an assumption that anyone with a social conscience is a communist - when, in fact more money comes from Russia into the Conservative party and the Brexit cause than to any socialist causes in the UK.

Or maybe you are supporting the state being worshipped by it's citizens without giving them the right to react and object if they don't agree with the people at the top - hey - maybe you're a communist 😉

Comment is about Jubilee (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thank you, John, for the very kind comment. And thanks to Greg, KJ, Frederick, Bramwell, Stephen, Aisha, Rudyard, Holden and K Lynn.for liking this one.

A word of chronology: My European adventure ( a visit for medical tests and interviews in Brussels) began in March 1978. Sadly, Jacques Brel died later that year, before I had heard any of his music. Hopefully I have made up for it since.

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

You're quite welcome! Nice, atmospheric writing.

Comment is about Lunar Eclipse (poet profile)

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A really beautiful poem, Frederick! 🌷

Comment is about a poet's tears (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Good one, Julian! Stick it to 'em!

Comment is about 'Incensed' Julian Jordon's video riposte to Dorries and Johnson (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you very much for liking one of my latest efforts, I appreciate it very much. ♡

Comment is about Aisha Suleman (poet profile)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

Fabulous memoir Stephen. No one does it better!

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the likes Julie, Frederick, Clare and Aisha 😀

Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you Stephen, we can only hope! Russell 😂 And K.J. it may have been quicker using an axe, but maybe that's why she used a hammer! 😄
And thanks for the likes! 🌷

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank you for leaving a like on one of my recent poems!

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

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Thank you for liking my recent effort "Pretty Girls"!

Comment is about Red Brick Keshner (poet profile)

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Reminds me of Lizzie Borden.(whose weapon of choice was an axe)

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

My kind of poem is reminiscent of Lear in it's brevity

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

I agree and I've changed it, I also thought that the Manufacturers were the wrong way round the more I read it, so that is now sorted too.
Thank you for the constructive criticism it helps me to get better

Comment is about Confused Dot Com (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Seems a bit extreme, Stephen, unless he's a member of the cabinet, of course. 😀

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Fun, thanks. Even though "worse still" becomes "stranger still"
in my mind when reading the last lines.

Comment is about Confused Dot Com (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Graham, and thank you for your generous and encouraging comment.

I first got to know Jacques Brel's music after I started to live in Belgium. For me, he was one of the greatest singer/songwriters.
'Le Plat Pays' is a wonderful expression of the atmosphere of the flat lands of Flanders.

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank you: Frederick, Greg, Jon, Stephen, Aisha and Holden for your likes and thank you to Kevin and Stephen for you comments. I am grateful for your encouragement and support.

Kevin I too wonder if I were in a dictatorship whether I would have the courage to voice an opinion or speak out as the consequences are not worth thinking about. I lived for sometime in Spain under the dictatorship of General Franco in the 1960's and remember well the need to tread carefully and to be very non committal. People often disappeared during the night never to be seen again.

Thank you again to all,
Keith

Comment is about Artists, Writers & Poets speak out (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi Tracy, welcome to the site. We you enjoy your time on here.


P & L.

Comment is about Tracy Ann Brear (poet profile)

Original item by Tracy Ann Brear

Thanks Greg and Graham. I love Tom’s song. Yes, I agree, nothing much has changed.

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford

Thanks for the lovely comment John. Also for the kind likes.

Comment is about Mr & Mrs Woodpecker (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Well said KJ. It would take generations to even things up and we know it's a political slogan not a genuine commitment!

Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Only tunes of happiness, love and peace. 🌷 thanks Nigel.🌷

Comment is about P. 1 (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

A wonderful chunk of autobiographical poetry. I suspect you will find much more in this seam, Ralph. As an irrelevant aside, I was watching Tom Robinson's superb performance of Glad to be Gay in the late 70s on TV last night. Spitting out the words. At the risk of offending one or two on here, I fear the police haven't changed at all. Oh, and great profile pic, too!

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford